Rants

JÄVILA, FAKJO

JÄVILA;FAKJO

It's so nice to see your son starting to read and write.

Watching Star Wars with Adrian

Revival-O

We're in the midst of fixing and converting the last of the old typefaces at Fountain into OpenType. Revival was one of my first typefaces made sometime between 1993-94. Looking at it now I can see the curves aren't that great. Some things were hard to spot in Fontographer, and most problems are just pure ignorance, laziness and lack of skill. 

For the update I was on the verge of discontinue it, but at the end I still thought there was something interesting enough to keep. With these last typefaces I've however woved NOT to be faithful, and essentially I can do whatever I want with them – loose a weight or two, or add new weights, re-draw every character or just adjust minor flaws. Anything goes! 

Below are some images that compare the old and the new (as usual click the image to enlarge) old in gren/blue and new in black: 

Faceboooooook

I know I've been a bad blogger. My days have just been routine lately. As soon as I get some new type ready enough to show-off I'll make a new post. Until then – please join Fountain on Fäjsbok.

Homemade Sausage

Homemade Sausage

We bought an electric meat mincer, and made our own sausage.

Fountain site launch

This year Fountain has been operating as a type foundry for 15 years. To celebrate this we decided to make some changes. Fountain is proud to announce the launch of our new website, a brand new OpenType library and the release of 4 new typefaces. www.fountaintype.com

Slow – I know.

It's been a bit slow here the last months. I've been working on the OpenTYpe Pro conversion of the library and the new site.

Which hopefully will be released this week. I've started a Twitter account for Fountain so you can keep up with what's happening – twitter.com/FountainType

Copenhagen

Just testing bloging from my iPhone.

Försäkringskassan och Mercury

Watching TV the other day, and on comes a commercial from swedish goverment's National Heath Insurance Company – Försäkrigskassan. They're decreasing the payments for the sick and poor. To support this they use my typeface Mercury in their commercial. I'm lucky I can't afford to take sick leave.

Mad Men, Type & groceries.

Favorite type designer Mark Simonson has some written a series about the use and misuse of typography on TV and in movies, under the collective title Son of typecasting.

The last piece is about the type in favorite TV-series Mad Men.

See also his first article on the subject: Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies, and while you at it – take a look at his typefaces.